I have my bawse face on while writing this blog post. You will just have to believe me. You see I am sick to the back teeth of having celebrities hijack every facet of life. While the rest of us experience mental and physical ailments, see children leave home and cry endlessly for months on …
Do Feminist Midlifers Use Makeup?
Is your makeup drawer or cosmetic bag, if you are a minimalist, a stain on your midlife feminist self or is your collection nothing more than your right to beautify yourself as you see fit? I am guilty of being a makeup fanatic. I wear lots of make up when I venture out. Even at …
Female ageing is a story to be told
A woman in her late 50s whom I worked with a long time ago was forced to leave for being ‘near retirement age’. Before she left she told me to ‘never grow old’. The fear of becoming an older woman is something that I carried within me for a long time as a result. It …
Why I wore yellow after the Queen’s death
A national shock of profound proportions is a powerful catalyst for uncovering long-forgotten childhood memories. Over the decades our memories become crammed with supervening events capturing the age related rites of passage such as leaving home, university and having children. The chronology of life takes precedence over remembering momentous moments. When a memory surfaces, you …
Mindfulness as a way of coping with the midlife crisis
“mindfulness is the essence of bringing your mind fully to one thing that is happening in the present moment.” Life never seems to slow down, even in midlife. The promised land of a peaceful retirement in one’s 50s has yet to materialise for many, including me. Midlifers are looking after their own parents, children and, …